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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Thomas the Train, Ticket to Ride Game

Today my husband and I took our son to A Day Out with Thomas for an early birthday celebration. Matthew is a HUGE Thomas enthusiast! Matthew is not alone in his love of Thomas. I know I have quite a few
kids on my caseload who are fans of the #1 blue engine as well! In
honor of Matthew's special day and upcoming birthday, I've created a
Thomas game for you!

Here we are as Thomas was backing away from the station:

Matthew couldn't take his eyes off Thomas!

This game is a variation of the Cookin' Cookies game I found at Target a few years ago. Here's the link to the original game on Amazon. Cookin' Cookies is one of the all times favorites of the kids I service. Basically, each child gets a recipe with 5 ingredients. The ingredients are also pictured on the back of the cookies. The kids use the spoons (with suction cups on them) to pick up a cookie. The first one to get all of their ingredients wins. There are also rotten eggs mixed in. If you get one of these, you lose a turn! I often use the spoons to have the kids pick up their articulation cards (they'll hold onto pretty much anything that's laminated!).

Here's the Thomas variation:

Each child gets a Train Schedule with six trains on it:

There are smaller cards with the corresponding trains:

If you'd like, you can print blank tickets on the back of these train cards (sheet of tickets included in download):

You play in the same manner as you would Cookin' Cookies (but without spoons!). Don't get stuck at a railroad crossing, or you'll lose a turn!

I work as a school based speech-language pathologist in New Bedford, MA. I work primarily with students in preschool and kindergarten. I'm also the mom of a very sweet little boy who takes up much of my free time.